Learning Thai the Easy Way!

All of the examples on this page are middle class consonants. A reminder of the rules are at the bottom of this page.

Tone Chart: When you listen to each row in the chart below, you will hear these tones each time: mid, low, falling, high and rising.

	1	2	3	4	5
	แก	แก่	แก้	แก๊	แก๋
	ปา	ป่า	ป้า	ป๊า	ป๋า
	เกา	เก่า	เก้า	เก๊า	เก๋า
	ตู	ตู่	ตู้	ตู๊	ตู๋
	ปี	ปี่	ปี้	ปี๊	ปี๋
	ไต	ไต่	ไต้	ไต๊	ไต๋

(1) Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having no tone mark take the Mid Tone unless they end with K, P or T sounds or in a short vowel.

(2) Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai ayk' ( -่ ) over the initial consonant take the Low Tone.

(3) Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai toh' ( -้ ) over the initial consonant take the Falling Tone.

(4) Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai dtree' ( -๊ ) over the initial consonant take the High Tone. There are very few of these words.

(5) Syllables beginning with a middle class consonant and having the tone mark 'mai judtawah' ( -๋ ) over the initial consonant take the Rising Tone. There are very few of these words.

Tone Marks with Low Class, Middle Class & High Class Consonants